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(No Model.)

J.HVALLEAU.

HITGHING STRAP.

No. 535,032. Patent ed Mar. 5, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. VALLEAU, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO T. N.BRAY, OF SAME PLACE.

HlTCHlNG-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,032, dated March 5,1895.

Application filed July 19, 1894. Serial No. 518,024 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. VALLEAU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forHitohing- Straps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention is an improved attachment for hitching straps the objectbeing to provide a device which when properly attached and adjusted willsecurely hold the hitching strap to the post and prevent it droppingdown or working ofi the post.

My present invention is an improvement upon the attachment shown,described and claimed in my application filed April 27, 1894, Serial No.509,221.

The novel feature of this invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the locking cam when used in connection with the otherelements which are substantially the same as shown in my priorapplication.

My invention therefore consists in certain de- I tails hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings formingapart of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved attachment as applied and used upon astrap. Fig. 2 shows the device in detail; Fig. 3, a detail View of thelocking tongue or cam.

In practice I attach my device to an ordinary strap A which is providedas usual with snaps or buckles at each end.

A ring or loop B is arranged to slide upon the strap and connected tosaid ring is a flat spiral spring 0 through which the strap is passedand at the end said spring is formed with a frame or loop 0 and at oneside of said loop the member is bent inward as shown at c.

A spring binding cam or tongue D is pivoted to the bent portion 0' saidtongue belng bent upon itself at (1 so that the free end isapproximately in line with the pivoted end. This free end is turnedoutward as shown at d and binds against the strap, the force of thespring serving to hold the end d into engagement with the strap and theholding power is thus increased.

Now in operation one end of the strap is attached to the animal and theother end passed around the hitching post and snapped or tied into thering or loop B. The strap is then drawn taut, the spiral springcompressed and the tongue turned down to bind against the face of thestrap. The tendency of the spring is to expand and this tendency keepsthe portion of the strap between the tongue and end tight so that it cannot become loose upon the p Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hitching strap attachment, the combination, with a ring, of acoiled spring connecting therewith, and a spring tongue connected to theopposite end of said spring, said tongue being bent centrally uponitself, one end being pivoted to the end of spring, and the other endbent at an angle to engage a strap adapted to be passed through thespring substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved attachment comprising the ring B, the spring 0 having aloop a bent at o, the tongue D bent at d and turned outwardly at d allarranged, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. VALLEAU.

Witnesses:

O. W. VALLEAU, T. N. BRAY.

